9:22 PM,
Mar. 26, 2014

Stephen Larson and his 10-pound test line almost met their match with this 38-pound Barnett Reservoir blue catfish.

Written by

Brian Albert Broom
bbroom@clarionledger.com

As most people who fish know, some anglers have more luck than others. Stephen Larson, of Flowood, certainly seemed to be among the lucky ones when he recently landed a whopper of a blue catfish on Barnett Reservoir.

"Me and my dad had been fishing a little lake earlier that day and I was using the ribcages for bait," Larson said. After cleaning his earlier catch, Larson tossed the bait into the reservoir from his parents' dock using a medium action bass rod and 10-pound test line.

Only catching one small catfish in about an hour, Larson told his father, Mike Larson, "I guess the big ones haven't ...